Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 19 October 2022

Overview

Globally, the number of new weekly cases decreased by 6% during the week of 10 to 16 October 2022, as compared to the previous week, with over 2.9 million new cases reported. The number of new weekly deaths decreased by 17%, as compared to the previous week, with about 8300 fatalities reported.

As of 16 October 2022, 621 million confirmed cases and 6.5 million deaths have been reported globally.

In this edition, we include:

• The COVID-19 epidemiological update at the global and regional levels.

• An update on the circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs).